Description

GREAT AMWELL HILLSIDE LANE
TL 3712 (north side)
Great Amwell village
12/28 Observatory Tower,
at Walton Lodge 10 metres
west of house

GV II

2-storeys observatory tower. C18, moved to present site by Mylne
family between 1822 and 1839. Originally built by Mr Hodson of
Hoddesdon about half a mile SSE of village (Heath (1980) 64).
Buff brick with short top section of weatherboarded timber
framing. Conical roof of tiles. Lead top and ball finial. Roof
basically square on plan but with segmental convex curve to each
side. Wide boarded soffit with shaped bracket in centre. Square
tower has wide corner pilaster buttresses, projecting floor band
and corbelled dentilled courses below the timberframed section.
Large round headed blocked opening with low sill on E and E and W
on ground floor. Recessed sash window on upper floor with flat
gauged arch and upper sash three times higher than lower sash.
Lower opening blocked by riven laths and plastered.

Listing NGR: TL3715612373

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26349620

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Old House Care and Repair